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nnyonta

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Meaning

e- (n/n) thirst, fig. burning desire, ennyonta y'amagezi, thirst for knowledge. Ennyonta ennuma nnyo. I am very thirsty. cf. omuyonta.

nnyonta, e- (n/n) thirst, fig. burning desire, ennyonta y'amagezi, thirst for knowledge. Ennyonta ennuma nnyo. I am very thirsty. cf. omuyonta.

Related Words
nnyo e- adv. very, very much, extremely, exceedingly. nnyogoga (-nnyogoze nnyinyogoze) v.i. be cold; feel cold. nnyogoza (-nnyogozza) v.tr. caus. make cold cause to be or feel cold; dampen, spray (clothes before ironing), ekyuma ekinnyogoza, refrigerator, icebox. Ebi- gambo bye yannamb nnyoko (la) your (sing.) mother. It is sometimes used in a bad sense cf. nnya- nnyondo e- (n/n) hammer. nnyongeza e- (n/n) way of increasing; increment. cf. yongera, yongeza. nnyonjo e- (n/n) hut in a tree where hunters lie in wait, ennyonjo y'ahakuumi, guardhouse. cf. ekiyonjo, omuyonjo. nnyonnyola (-nnyonnyodde nnyinyonnyodde) v.tr. explain; clarify. nnyonyi e- (n/n) bird; airplane; swelling in the side. Ekika ky'Ennyonyi, the Bird Clan, okugula ennyonyi, to flee in fear of the conseque nnyonza e- (n/n) mockingbird, robin-chat. nnyooge e- (n/n) perhaps = nnyo + -ge (q.v.) crisis; climax. Ennamusa etuuse ku nnyooge. Things (lit. greeting)have reached a crisis. nnyonnyoka (-nnyonnyose) v.i. become clear/understood; be understandable; be explained. cf. ennyinyonnyola.